Exam #2 Flashcards
(43 cards)
distress and contentment
first emotions
coordinated interaction between mom and baby
helps infants learn when and how to express their emotions
Synchrony
look to others for cues on how to react
Social Referencing
pride, confidence, embarrassment, guilt, and shame emerge
requires self awareness
Self-Conscious Emotions
an inborn set of tendencies including emotional reactivity, activity level, attention, and self control
Temperament
some babies evoke certain responses from their caregivers
Evocative Genetic-Environmental correlation
relationship between the child’s temperament and his environment
goodness of fit
strong affectionate tie between infant and care giver
Attachment
Proximity seeking behaviors, distress at separation, happiness at reuniting, orienting actions to the caregiver
Four signs of secure attachment
Attachment Theory
John Bowlby
these expectations focus on how reliably we expect others to respond to us, and how worthy we feel of such responses
Inner working models
consistent, sensitive parenting forms the basis of a healthy what?
internal working model
secure attachment
Child begins to trust others, success depends on quality of caregivers behavior
Erikson’s trust vs. mistrust
learning to do things by themselves
Erikson’s autonomy vs. shame and doubt
early attachment to caregiver establishes how later relationships will happen. Through repeated interaction with adult figures children develop an internal working models of self and others
Bowlby’s view on attachment
rate is lower than first two years
lower body lengthens
appetite decreases
BMI is lowest at age 5-6
Physical growth
Brain develops faster than other body parts
75% of adult brain weight by age 2
Brain Development
when a child learns to cope with everyday challenges
positive stress
when more serious difficulties are buffered by caring adults
tolerable stress
when strong or prolonged adversity is experienced without adult support
toxic stress
Brain produces cortisol in response to stress
excessive cortisol can affect brain development
connections that should form may fail to form
effects of stress on the developing brain
relationship with a warm, responsive adult
Intervention for stress on developing brain
most common form of maltreatment
failure to meet a child’s basic needs
neglect
all actions that are deliberately harmful
abuse